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Below, on a plain white plate, sat the actual dish: shrimp nested in crisp cups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The charity said careful monitoring, in partnership with the farmers on whose land the birds nested, meant the nests were protected by fences to exclude ground predators such as foxes.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
In 1871, one massive flock in Wisconsin nested more than 850 square miles — almost twice the size of the city of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Once upon a time curlews would have nested in almost any hay meadow," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A breeze was coming in the back, door, and some mourning doves that had nested on the back porch were cooing, making that slippery, burbling sound that Calder always associated with summer in his neighborhood.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
